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| author | John-Mark Gurney <jmg@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-05-28 07:15:35 +0000 |
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| committer | John-Mark Gurney <jmg@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-05-28 07:15:35 +0000 |
| commit | 2f25c9bd653017a63649da5a2e87e548d4394b0d (patch) | |
| tree | 3b37f0155538d6a271423f0f2db857622367cf0c /usr.bin/file | |
| parent | 4f56cbcbd564c16d72eaea9faeba60e14eadd0b7 (diff) | |
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document that even if magic is newer than magic.mgc, it isn't used
compiling mgc on a big endian system (specificly tested sparc64) breaks,
using one from a little endian system works
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=159001
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/file')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/file/magic.5 | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/file/magic.5 b/usr.bin/file/magic.5 index 9d5bd04486c25..07cb35d8a9158 100644 --- a/usr.bin/file/magic.5 +++ b/usr.bin/file/magic.5 @@ -254,6 +254,24 @@ a system on which the lengths are invariant. .Pp There is (currently) no support for specified-endian data to be used in indirect offsets. +.Pp +If +.Pa /usr/share/misc/magic +is newer than +.Pa /usr/share/misc/magic.mgc +it is not used. +Use the command: +.Po +cd /usr/share/misc && +.Nm file +.Fl C +.Fl m Ar magic +.Pc +to rebuild. +.Pp +Compiling the magic file on a big endian system is broken. +Using a compiled magic file from a little endian system on a big endian system +works fine. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr file 1 .\" |